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City Winery Chicago
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2026
- address1200-1212 W Randolph St, Chicago 60607
Is City Winery Chicago clean?
City Winery Chicago is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at City Winery Chicago?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED INSECT CONTROL DEVICES INSTALLED DIRECTLY ABOVE CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND PLUMBING FIXTURES AT THE CENTRAL BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE INSECT CONTROL DEVICES SUCH THAT THEY DO NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, CLEAN EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED PLASTIC CUPS AND BOWLS USED AS SCOOPS IN BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE PLASTIC CUPS AND BOWLS WITH UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF IN-USE UTENSILS WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAIN.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED PLASTIC CUPS AND BOWLS USED AS SCOOPS IN BULK DRY FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE PLASTIC CUPS AND BOWLS WITH UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF IN-USE UTENSILS WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED FILTERS AT THE 2ND FLOOR SATELLITE KITCHEN COOK LINE MISSING FRON VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FILTERS FOR VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN HOOD SYSTEM FILTERS THAT ARE ADEQUATE IN NUMBER AND CAPACITY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF GREASE AND CONDENSATION.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED FILTERS AT THE 2ND FLOOR SATELLITE KITCHEN COOK LINE MISSING FRON VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FILTERS FOR VENTILATION HOOD SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN HOOD SYSTEM FILTERS THAT ARE ADEQUATE IN NUMBER AND CAPACITY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF GREASE AND CONDENSATION.
When was City Winery Chicago last inspected?
City Winery Chicago has 28 inspections on record going back to July 31, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2026 | — | |
| October 30, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 27, 2020 | Pass |
City Winery Chicago vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 51% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.